Ranking The Albums of Ratt with Pete Pardo and Martin Popoff!

[@satchboogy8168]

Criminally underrated band! The musicianship and writing far surpassed most bands of that era. Warren D is a wizard on guitar. Bobby B has tons of groove. And I love Pearcy’s gritty vocals.

[@shawnstarks1743]

UNDERRATED? You can’t be underrated if your in heavy rotation on MTV dude. Sorry man, ain’t buying it. They were one of the first “hair metal” bands on MTV. America and Japan (especially) They conquered.

[@satchboogy8168]

but they are mostly known for their first two albums when in reality all their albums are pretty strong

[@PierLessThanZero]

If King hasn't died, I think they would have been as big as Mötley, or even bigger. Love Ratt! ❤

[@PierLessThanZero]

Yeah, love Stephen's voice too. Awesome band. Still one of the best band from the 80's

[@shawnstarks1743]

@@PierLessThanZero Maybe. The reality of it is that after Dancing Undercover (86) their ticket and album sales were on the decline. Robbin was still around until 90. Knowing what we all know now. I just think there was too much infighting and lack of trust in management. The stories I’ve heard about these guys (Pff) Any album after Dancing was a miracle.

[@DokkenSabbath]

1. Invasion of Your Privacy 2. Out of the Cellar 3. Ratt EP 4. Dancing Undercover 5. Reach for the Sky 6. Infestation 7. Detonator 8. Ratt One of my top 5 bands.

[@joedolenza7944]

Perfect... Same.

[@Ragnarocker80s]

Dokken Sabbath

[@Ragnarocker80s]

Invasion of your privacy is the best Predominantly Heavy Metal album with a Glam Metal edge loaded with Metal riffs and Great musicianship all songs are within 3 minutes not long and boring

[@Kurt843]

Beau Hill produced the album, and the cover model is Playboy model Marianne Gravatte, who also made an appearance in the "Lay It Down" music video.

[@MetalJesusRocks]

Stephen isn’t a great singer…however I’m really impressed w/ his SOLO albums. The James Bond inspired View to a Thrill is surpassingly awesome!

[@greenslider]

Best LA band by a country mile. Never got to see Dimartini live but saw Jake E Lee and Lynch back in the day. 2 of three of my holy trinity. Looking forward to your Ozzy countdown. Jakes rhythm work is really sensational. I think, in terms of Warren showcasing his soloing, Reach is his most explosive work. Ridiculously talented. He got bluesier and slowed it down a bit after this. A fabulous player. 1. Invasion 2. Cellar. 3. Reach 4. Dancing 5.Infestation 6 .Detonator 7. Ratt

[@PierLessThanZero]

My Ranking: 1. Out of the cellar 2. Invasion of your privacy 3. Dancing Undercover 4. Detonator 5. Reach for the sky 6. Infestation 7. Ratt And the two last album, is missing the King, so it's not really Ratt. But I think the EP is their best release, but that's not in the part of this ranking. And the collage is great too. Good compilation 🍻🤘❤️

[@artramirez5158]

1.Invasion of your privacy 2.Out of the cellar 3.Detonator 4.Ratt EP 5.Dancing Undercover 6.Infestation 7.Reach for the sky 8.99 9.Ratt

[@infernalmachine8417]

Ratt-N-Roll ‘81-‘91

[@joedolenza7944]

Great show guys. Body Talk is almost like Ratt is harnassing an energy from almost a thrashy kind of energy?

[@gregsimmons694]

Love Ratt! I may be the biggest Ratt fan on flat earth. Thanks for sharing ! God bless all the Ratt n rollers! JESUS SAVES!

[@treff9226]

Hey Greg! The earth is round, my friend.

[@gregsimmons694]

@@treff9226 Earth is round with for corners as the bible says! The earth is not a globe ! Read Dean odle biblical flat earth presentations ! Check out rob skiba!

[@brianseneca3546]

My band opened for Ratt in the late 90's early 2000? Great guys and a privilege to open for. I think if my memory serves me right John Corabi was singing for them at that time? Warren was awesome to talk to

[@justinaaqlong743]

Ratt best band in the 80s

[@mattp5285]

I love Stephen's voice and think it suited Ratt's sound well. My rankings: 1) Invasion 2) Out of the Cellar 3) Dancing Undercover 4) Reach for the Sky 5) Detonator 6) Infestation 7) Ratt

[@arunsabherwal6256]

Thanks Hack, I recently acquired a NM copy of Dancing under cover on vinyl and enjoyed it immensely and also have the CD box set , yesterday ordered Infestation too , so almost the entire discography is complete .

[@jasonleonard4000]

Great episode! RATT is a really good, possibly underrated band. "The outside writers are attached to the '99 album like a tick!!" Great Martin quote, made me laugh!

[@dravenquinn264]

My ranking for the RATT albums would be 1. Out Of The Cellar 2. Detonator 3. Infestation 4. Dancing Undercover 5. Invasion Of Your Privacy 6. Reach For The Sky 7. RATT 99

[@stevenbruno2752]

To me, Out of the Cellar is in another tier all by itself. Most of the other albums are really close for me. I think Infestation could have been a great album, songs are good, but the chorus hooks just fall flat throughout, with exception of Eat Me Up Alive. Think they needed to re-write the choruses or something. Really disappointing they haven't put much material out in the 30+ years, because I really love this band. I know Pete said they were bad in '87, but they've been really good every time I saw them live. 1. Out of the Cellar 2. Invasion of Your Privacy 3. Detonator 4. Reach For the Sky 5. Dancing Undercover 6. Ratt (1999) 7. Infestation

[@steelerfreak1977]

I agree with your opinion that Cellar is on another level. I consider that a perfect album. But Ratt had strong records throughout except for the 1999 one so it’s no knock on those other records. It’s just hard to touch Cellar. For anybody.

[@stevenbruno2752]

@@steelerfreak1977 Yes, agree!

[@vincentleroy5661]

For me, counting the ep and collage: 1. Out of the Cellar 2. Invasion of Your Privacy 3. Dancing Undercover 4. Ratt ep 5. Infestation 6. Reach for The Sky 7. Detonator 8. Collage 9. Ratt

[@augustgeary5538]

1: Dancing undercover 2: Out of the cellar 3: Invasion of your privacy 4: Detonator 5: Reach for the Sky 4: Infestation 5: RATT 99

[@marhill77]

1. Out of the Cellar 2. Invasion of Your Privacy 3. Dancin’ Undercover 4. Reach For the Sky 5. Infestation 6. Detonator 7. Ratt

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

7. Ratt 99 6. Detonator 5. Infestation 4. Reach For The Sky 3. Dancing Undercover 2. Out Of The Cellar 1. Invasion Of Your Privacy

[@rafaelcruz4176]

My ranking 7. Ratt (1999) 6. Infestation (2010) 5. Reach For The Sky (1988) 4. Invasion Of Your Privacy (1985) 3. Dancing Undercover (1986) 2. Detonator (1990) 1. Out Of The Cellar (1984)

[@strangeways75]

1. Out of the Cellar (1984) 2. EP (1983) 3. Invasion Of Your Privacy (1985) 4. Ratt (1999) 5. Infestation (2010) 6. Reach For The Sky (1988) 7. Detonator (1990) 8. Dancing Under Cover (1986) 9. Collage (1997)

[@JCStorm76]

Ratt 1999 is underrated. Detonator is my number 1

[@Ginski70]

1. Ratt EP 2. Invasion of Your Privacy 3. Out of the Cellar 4. Dancing Undercover 5. Reach for the Sky 6. Infestation 7. Detonator 8. Ratt

[@diamondd2778]

LOVE RATT! Awesome band Awesome catalogue. Ratts filler is always good. Ratt99 those songs were leftover Aerosmith songs from the outside writers

[@warborn_inc.]

1. Invasion 2. OOTC 3.Dancing Undercover 4. Detonator 5. Infestation 6. RFTS 7. RATT

[@CHillTennisEntertainment]

1. Out of The Cellar 2. Infestation 3. Invasion of Your Privacy 4. Dancing Undercover 5. Detonator 6. RATT EP 7. Reach for The Sky 8. 99

[@tylerport7909]

I saw them open for Ozzy on Bark at the Moon in Canada. Did they ever tour Canada again?

[@almosthuman56]

Martin and I have the same Top 3.

[@iancouch9688]

Invasion will always be my favorite..i love the ep..the guitar solo in you think your tough is killer..cellar is a classic..i think d.u.c is a well rounded release..reach 4 sky a wee light and commercial ...detonator is solid..1999 ratt is weak..great memories ..very sad how Robin's life ended ..he was awsum..hi from NewZealand..😊

[@carlschreffler3213]

I saw them before Robin died the ORGINAL RATT at Aladdin here in Vegas great live you must of caught Ratt on a bad night!

[@GG5150]

You should do this with Warrant. They were a seriously underrated band. A lot of really good songs,

[@M.H691]

L.A Guns and Faster Pussycat put out some real hard rocking sophomore album after sorta shakey debuts, way more GnR / Done with Mirrors territory than the uber-glammy bands like Poison. Worth another listen I think...

[@IvanLendl87]

Ratt and Tesla were the best Glam Metal/hard rock bands of that era. My issue with Ratt is the way the drums sound - employs that overproduced drum sound which hurts/dates the songs. That’s not a knock on Bobby B’s drumming - he’s great. Warren D was an incredible guitarist. “Lay It Down” still one of the very best Drop-D riffs of all-time.

[@BrianSGuitars]

Catching the replay! I would say Cinderella was one of the 2nd generation hair bands that was top notch, they just came along too late.

[@Dastardly_X]

🤘🏻 🌟 🤘

[@davidjackson5818]

1. Out of the cellar 2. Dancing undercover 3. Invasion of your privacy 4. Reach for the sky 5 infestation 6. Detonator 7. Ratt

[@diamondd2778]

1 Dancin 2 Reach 3 invasion 4 out of the cellar 5 Ratt 6 infestation 7 detonator

[@cornchipsnovemberland3565]

Enjoyable discussion. Great band. Although "Out of the Cellar" is stellar, I don't agree that they were the cream of the L.A. bands..."Tooth and Nail", also released in 1984, is much better IMHO. Dokken had more raw talent and range, as well as fine vocal harmonies. Just my opinion, but no one in L.A. could touch Don and George in their salad days.

[@captainkirk70]

Please, please do a ranking of the QOTSA records. Love them or hate them I think they are the most original rock band since their inception. If you haven't heard their full catalog do yourself a favor.

[@treff9226]

Agreed! Josh is a musical maestro!

[@docvader82]

i thought they were better writers than Motley. But man, talk about self destruction. 7. Ratt - just didn't feel like them 6. Reach for the sky 5. Detonator 4. Infestation- a great comebacl album, and then they implode.....again 3. Dancing Undercover 2. INVASION - Lay it Down.....nuff said 1. Cellar... amazing, and witty, funny videos Honorable Mention, Nobody Rides for Free from the GH/Point Break, is fucking killer.

[@webbfaze124]

One of the better glam metal bands of the time. Warren is a great player.. very technical and tasty at the same time. I started to check out though after the Dancing Undercover record. Reach/Sky didn't do anything for me and I was ready for a change from the hair metal excess 🧀

[@dirtybeard70_Alivein85]

Ratt is definitely in top 3 all time bands from 80s. Their deep tracks are just as good or even better than their hits. Totally disagree with they all sound the same. Its just great ass kicking rock. All rhe 80s albums of ratt are better than most of the 80s bands could have wanted to achieve.

[@minsterhill]

The ep blew me away! Only went downhill after.

[@johnferreira7419]

The only got the first two albums that I know what’s too rank

[@seangagnonProvidenceR.I.]

RATT my favorite LA glam metal band Out of the Cellar is pretty much one hit after another and my favorite song on that album The Morning After is best for me and wasn’t even a hit . Invasion a close second .Beau Hill a big part of those albums .

[@independenceltd.]

1. Out of the Cellar 2. Ratt EP 3. Invasion of Your Privacy

[@brianpirie5490]

Oh boy.. overrated beyond words.. they never scratched the surface in the UK. Sometimes we get it right! Great show as ever.always good to see Martin and Pete

[@TJJamesmusic]

I think the best 3 albums are cellar,reach, and Ratt 99. Others are very Patchy at best

[@leightonfarms4962]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@davidburns6284]

The first two albums and the EP are fantastic. After that, things started getting silly and then just piss poor. 1. Out of the Cellar 2. Ratt EP 3. Invasion of Your Privacy 4. Dancing Undercover 5. Infestation 6. Detonator 7. Reach for the Sky 8. Ratt 9. Collage

[@alexvigil29]

What albums are piss pour though? I don’t have the album that’s just called ratt or collage but I own the rest from the ep to infestation except those two albums and there all really good albums

[@davidburns6284]

@@alexvigil29 In my opinion, the albums after Dancing Undercover are pretty bad.

[@alexvigil29]

@@davidburns6284 there good to me ,not great , they all have some good cuts and some filler songs , nothing I’d consider close to a classic album also nothing I’d consider piss poor , I’m missing the two albums I mentioned , hopefully I’ll pick those up

[@miaajaniss]

Agree with the other person, Detonator is awesome, better than you guys said, i’d probably rank it second or third, my favourite is actually Dancing Undercover

[@JCStorm76]

I wasn’t alive in the 80s so my list is very different. Detonator is an absolute glam rock classic and I feel it’s their best album. Easily a 9 out of 10. A 5? Really Pete? I guess I’m not surprised the old school guys don’t like it as much. I’ve been defending that album all my life. Songs are just so well written and memorable. Shocked Martin ranked it last but each to their own. Invasion is a little overrated I feel. The 2 singles and a couple of others are great. The rest not so much. Sounds a little tired to my ears. My list is really contrarian I know. I like all these albums though. 1. Detonator 2. Out Of The Cellar 3. Ratt 1999 (Underrated) 4. Reach For The Sky 5. Dancing Undercover 6. Invasion Of Your Privacy 7. Infestation

[@miaajaniss]

Agree about Detonator, much better than they made out, i’d probably rank it second

[@jimmycampbell78]

I like your list a lot, very close to what mine would be with the first five albums.

[@JCStorm76]

@@jimmycampbell78 Thank you

[@ghostrunnerco6791]

this took 45+ min ffs???

[@samhouston1979]

best is Detonator

[@misterknightowlandco]

For me, start with out of the cellar at #1 and just go in chronological order for the rest…

[@simonharding3109]

Why shouldn't we put Pearcy down because of his Voice? He IS the singer....

[@willd4731]

Martin is Absolutely right about the mid period ratt..... They were very much on autopilot ..... The albums were very much interchangeable and also mediocre at the same time. They peaked on out of the cellar.

[@damiankarras]

When did it actually become ok for fans of Ratt and other 80s hard rock band to call them Hair Bands or Hair Metal. I understand why idiots who hate the music and want to make fun of 80s rock and disparage the bands do it. But why do actual fans of the music use a term that was coined to ridicule a whole decade of music? I wonder how grunge bands would feel if we referred to their whole scene as ‘loser rock’ or ‘fag rock’. Why make fun of something that you’re a fan of? It doesn’t make any sense.

[@treff9226]

Yes! I've noticed that and it really chaps my ass! C'mon people, wake the hell up! My buds and I, huge fans of 80's metal, refer to glam metal ( which I also don't like as a term ) as Party Metal. Great post, friend!🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@shawnstarks1743]

#1 Out of the Celler, #2 Invasion, #3 Infestation, #4 Dancing. The rest Meh

[@enriqueagaton9515]

Yes Pete, they do have a well know reputation of being a bad live band.

[@rafalmeidas]

Detonator is their best, no doubt about it.

[@captainkirk70]

Ratt 99 has got to be the bottom. I couldn't make it all the way through it.

[@pjones8404]

Worst live band I have ever seen. Saw them in their prime and it was a complete joke. Pearcy fell down multiple times and the backing vocals weren't even in the same key! BUT Bobby Blotzer and Warren DeMartini were always spectacular! Total embarrassment. "Invasion of Your Privacy" is awesome, but you can't beat "I'm Insane", "Lack of Communication", "She Wants Money", "Back For More"..and of course "Round and Round". Untouchable! Need way more love for "Detonator". That album is amazing. The sound is enormous. Bobby's drums are like cannon fodder!!! 1. Out of the Cellar 2. Invasion of Your Privacy 3. Dancing Under Cover 4. Detonator 5. Reach for the Sky 6. Infestation 7. Ratt

[@paulweaver]

Loved ratt back in the day but now I am older I can't stand them maybe because I have descovered better music

[@williamwallace5857]

Why even do a piece on any of these worthless 80's poser hair metal bands ? None of them ever did anything of any real musical worth.

[@oasisnole]

In the minority but Reach for the Sky I liked much better than Dancing Undercover.

[@Intruder-xw6ye]

Ratt=bubblegum rock.

[@Chaz4543]

Ratt was a band just like many others in their genre and scene who got into playing music because of the fame, money, and chicks, and they didnt care if they were sloppy or terrible live. The music was bubblegum pop because they were just there to party and have a good time. The music was just the means to achieve that. Beavis and Butthead watching "I Want a Woman" sums it up perfectly. They said "This guy keeps going I want a woman but its like I want a woman too but Im not out there singing some crappy song about it." They liked the chicks in the video but again, theres no artistic merit at all here. The music is just here to achieve what they want.

[@treff9226]

Couldn't disagree more! Great musicianship ( especially Warren on lead ) and a cut above pretty much any band from that glam metal era. To put out catchy, memorable, great sounding album after album requires technical proficiency and a certain dedication to their craft. That said, there were a number of shitty bands from this genre that would fit perfectly with what you said. RATT ain't one of em'.

[@artiesilva1023]

1. Out Of The Cellar 2. Invasion of your Privacy 3. Dancing Undercover 4. Detonator 5. Infestation 6. Reach for the Sky 7. Ratt